Stake-pocket for cars



i (No Model.)

J. .H. EVANS.

I STAKE POCKET FOR CARS.

No. 43 ,077. Pafiented Sept. 9, 18 90.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

STAKE-POCKET FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,077, datedSeptember 9, 1890- Application filed April 24, 1890. Serial No. 349,265.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. EVANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStake-Pockets for Railway-Oars, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has relation to wrought-metal stake-pockets forrailway-cars of the form wherein the blank for the pocket is cut from astrip or length of rolled sheet metal of the desired form incross-section and then shaped between dies; and it has for its object toso configure the blank or strip in cross-section that when shaped into apocket the metal thereof is so disposed or located that the greatestamount of the same is at those parts of the pocket requiring to be ofthe greatest strength to resist the lateral thrust of the load on thestake; and, further, to construct such pocket with a smooth insidebearing-surface for the stake, and so arrange the inner upper and loweredges of the pocket that they will not cut the stake.

My invention has for its further object the provision of means foradmitting of applying the stake-pocket to the strap-opening of carsalready in use, avoiding the necessity of cutting separate or otheropenings for the straps for my improved pocket in such cars.

My invention accordingly consists of the combination, construction, andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter more particularly described in thespecification, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, Wherein Figure 1 is aperspective view of part of a car-body and a stake-pocket embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 1 1, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a likeView on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan of the rolled or formedblank or strip for the pocket. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing cheekpieces or blocks at the sides of the pocket to admit of its straps beinginserted in strap-openings in cars already in use. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of said cheek pieces or blocks, and Fig. 7 is asectional view of a modification.

A represents the side rail of a car or other analogous device; B, thestake-pocket, and O O the upper and lower straps connecting the pocket Bto the rail A. Said pocket in crosssection consists of thick upper andlower ends or bands I) b, respectively, which ends or bands may be ofany desired width or depth, and from which proceed shoulders or filletsb joining said ends or bands to an intermediate or middle thin part orweb 19 as more plainly shown in Fig. 2.

The inner edges 1) of the upper and lower ends or bands I) b arepreferably rounded, as shown, or equivalently configured, so as to avoidany sharp corners thereat. The absence of such sharp corners preventscutting of the stake.

The thickened bands or ends b b of the pocket B locate the greaterportion of metal at those part-s of the stake-pocket where greateststrength and durability are required, while the web or body 6 betweensaid ends or hands b I) does not require such strength and durability,and it may be made as thin in cross-section as desired, and as suchintermediate thin web 12 and the thickened ends I) b have fillet,shouldered, or corresponding junctions b they inherently form guides orways for the straps G O to impinge against to hold the pocket B to therail A, said pocket being formed with side wings or flanges d d, havingopenings d for the passage of said straps, as is usual.

In applying these stake-pockets to cars already in use it is desirableto use the old strap-openings, and. if admissible, the straps of thesaid cars. To do this, I provide loose cheek pieces or blocks F, havingrecesses f at the sides of the pocket, as shown in Fig. 5, to secure thewidth of bearing-surface for said straps. For new cars, however, suchpieces or blocks F are not essential.

If desired, instead of making the inner, upper, and lower edges of thestake-pocket rounding, as described, theymay be straight, as indicatedin Fig. 7.

What I claim is- 1. A sheet or rolled metal stake-pocket having top andbottom thick webs or bands I) b, connected by an intermediate thin webor band 12*, substantially as shown and described.

2. A sheet or rolled metal stake-pocket having top and bottom wide thickwebs or bands In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in b I),connected by an intermediate thin Web or presence of two Witnesses. bandb and said top band I) having an inner rounded top edge, substantiallyas set forth. 7 JOHN H. EVANS. 5 3. In combination with a sheet-metalstake- WVitnesses:

pocket, the cheek pieces 01' blocks F, sub- FRANK II. MASSEY,

stantially as set forth.

S. J. VAN STAVOREN.

